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First Knoxville Hospital Listed in 1885

KGH School of Nursing Posted on July 2, 2014 by BillieMay 15, 2022

First Hospital in Knoxville Listed in 1885 Makeshift Institution for Care of Patients Located in Old Strong Home by Peggy Levy Knoxville Journal, April 26, 1936, page 54 What is almost our first thought today when illness or accident strikes … Continue reading →

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Knoxville’s First Mid-Century Male Nursing Students Enrolled, 1958

KGH School of Nursing Posted on October 26, 2021 by BillieOctober 26, 2021

[The newspaper articles below failed to recognize John Brockman, graduate of Lincoln Memorial School of Nursing in 1913.] Two Men Join Girls in Nurses’ Training Presbyterian Hospital’s new nurses’ training class has two men in it, the first time men … Continue reading →

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Fort Sanders Hospital’s Centennial Celebration in 2019

KGH School of Nursing Posted on October 25, 2021 by BillieOctober 25, 2021

The hospital’s centennial celebration posting on-line (click here) contains many photographs. The information includes an undated photo of a nursing class and the following text: December, 1919 The Fort Sanders School of Nursing is established. Twelve young women formed the … Continue reading →

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Knoxville Hospitals 80-Year Retrospective in 1961

KGH School of Nursing Posted on March 28, 2020 by BillieMarch 28, 2020

Hospital Was Luxury in ’80’s – First Had few Beds by Henry Evans Only a year or so before the first copies of the Knoxville News Sentinel were inked and sold, Knoxvillians had discovered a new luxury – the hospital. … Continue reading →

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Posted in Baptist Hospital - Knoxville, Fort Sanders Hospital & Nursing School, KGH History, KGH Hospital History, Lincoln Memorial Hospital & Nursing School, Other Hospitals & Clinics, Riverside Hospital & Nursing School, St. Mary's Hospital & Nursing School, Tennessee Medical College, UT Knoxville Hospital & Nursing School | Leave a reply

Fort Sanders’ Student Nurse Injured in 1940

KGH School of Nursing Posted on January 24, 2016 by BillieJanuary 24, 2016

Injured Nurse Is back in Training A familiar face returned today to the student nursing staff at Fort Sanders Hospital. Miss Margaret Norris, who suffered a skull fracture in April in an automobile accident near Whittle Springs resumed her training … Continue reading →

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Fort Sanders 20 Years Old (1940)

KGH School of Nursing Posted on January 24, 2016 by BillieJanuary 24, 2016

Hospital Launched Feb. 22, 1920; Party Is Held A little more than 20 years ago, two doctors were busy at old Lincoln Memorial Hospital.  Dr. Kyle Copenhaver had a non-infectious patient.  The late Dr. L. L. Sheddan had an infectious … Continue reading →

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Knoxville Couple Invents Medical Stapler in 1940

KGH School of Nursing Posted on January 24, 2016 by BillieJanuary 24, 2016

Next Thing to Zipper Young Couple Here Invents ‘Stapler’ for Speedy Clipping of Incisions Lynn Humphreys and Pretty Wife Hope To Make Fortune from Idea by Ed Mitchell, News-Sentinel Staff Writer If you’ve got an operation you haven’t finished showing … Continue reading →

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Hospital Was Luxury in 1880’s Knoxville

KGH School of Nursing Posted on July 1, 2014 by BillieJanuary 17, 2016

Hospital Was Luxury in ‘80s First Had Few Beds by Henry Evans – Knoxville News-Sentinel, Aug 18, 1961, Page C-10 Only a year or so before the first copies of The Knoxville Sentinel were inked and sold, Knoxvillians had discovered … Continue reading →

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Blood Transfusion Costs in 1950

KGH School of Nursing Posted on July 7, 2014 by BillieJuly 7, 2014

Blood Transfusion Costs Cut; 2 Hospitals Ask 2 Pints for 1 Knoxville News-Sentinel, September 13, 1950 [page not indicated on clipping] Service charges and other costs for blood transfusions have been reduced in some Knoxville hospitals, but two hospitals are … Continue reading →

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Two Hospitals Raise Room Rates (1953)

KGH School of Nursing Posted on July 7, 2014 by BillieJuly 7, 2014

Two Hospitals Here Raise Room Rates Knoxville Journal, April 8, 1953 [page not indicated on clipping] Rates on rooms at two of Knoxville’s four hospitals have been raised, officials said yesterday. St. Mary’s Hospital officials announced that the basic room … Continue reading →

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